SloppyCalculator/SinFoS huggingface dataset:
Sinhala figure of speech: කිරි ගහට ඇන්නා වගේ කියනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saying like stabbing the milk tree
English equivalent: Hit the nail on the head
Meaning: to do or say whatever is exactly right or to the point
Sinhala figure of speech: නැතිවෙන්ට තවත් මුලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Another root to become lost
English equivalent: A nail in one's coffin
Meaning: an experience or event that tends to shorten life or hasten the end of something
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔරලෝසුව වදින කොටම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Exactly when the clock hits
English equivalent: On the nail
Meaning: without delay; on the spot; at once
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇලි මැලි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Lazy/Sluggish
English equivalent: Namby pamby
Meaning: without firm methods or policy; weak or indecisive
Sinhala figure of speech: අනූනවයෙන් බේරීමක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saving by 99
English equivalent: A narrow escape
Meaning: a situation in which you avoid danger although you very nearly do not
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙස් ගහෙන් බේරීමක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saving by a hair strand
English equivalent: A narrow escape
Meaning: a situation in which you avoid danger although you very nearly do not
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි හරියට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Equal to equal
English equivalent: Neck-to-neck
Meaning: level in a race or other competition
Sinhala figure of speech: උරෙනුර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shoulder to shoulder
English equivalent: Neck-to-neck
Meaning: level in a race or other competition
Sinhala figure of speech: මැරෙම්වා රැකෙම්වා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: May die or may save
English equivalent: Neck or nothing
Meaning: with complete abandon and recklessness
Sinhala figure of speech: මිල මුදල්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Price money
English equivalent: The needful
Meaning: money or funds
Sinhala figure of speech: අතනත් මෙතනත් නොවේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not there and not here
English equivalent: Neither here nor there
Meaning: of no relevance or importance
Sinhala figure of speech: අහසට පොළොව වගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like earth to sky
English equivalent: Neither here nor there
Meaning: of no relevance or importance
Sinhala figure of speech: කන්දොස් කිරියාවක් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming a noise-action
English equivalent: Get on one's nerves
Meaning: to irritate, annoy, or upset one
Sinhala figure of speech: මඩිය තරකර ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fattening the pouch
English equivalent: Feather one's nest
Meaning: to provide oneself with comforts
Sinhala figure of speech: අලුත් පිට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: On new back/page
English equivalent: New broom
Meaning: a newly appointed person eager to make changes
Sinhala figure of speech: නව පන්නේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: New style/variety
English equivalent: New fangled
Meaning: too complicated or is unnecessary
Sinhala figure of speech: අල්ලපු ගෙදර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Adjoining house
English equivalent: Next door to
Meaning: in a position of proximity
Sinhala figure of speech: අබමල් රේණුවක දෙයක් නැති
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Not a thing of a mustard pollen
English equivalent: Next to nothing
Meaning: very little
Sinhala figure of speech: කියාපු විධියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Of the said style
English equivalent: To a nicety
Meaning: with precision
Sinhala figure of speech: නුලට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the thread
English equivalent: To a nicety
Meaning: with precision
Sinhala figure of speech: රෑ දුටු සිහිනයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A dream seen at night
English equivalent: Nine days' wonder
Meaning: something that arouses great interest, but only for a short period
Sinhala figure of speech: අලංකාරෙට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: For decoration
English equivalent: Up to the nines
Meaning: to perfection
Sinhala figure of speech: මුරුංගා අත්තේ තියා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Keeping on the Drumstick branch
English equivalent: Up to the nines
Meaning: to perfection
Sinhala figure of speech: හතර දිගට පතළ කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Spreading to four lengths/directions
English equivalent: Noise abroad
Meaning: To spread gossip, secrets, or confidential information around to other people
Sinhala figure of speech: අස්සක් මුල්ලක් නෑර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not leaving a nook or corner
English equivalent: In every nook and corner
Meaning: every part or aspect of something
Sinhala figure of speech: හැම අහුමුලුවලම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In every nook and corner
English equivalent: In every nook and corner
Meaning: every part or aspect of something
Sinhala figure of speech: මුහුණ සමග තරහ වී නහය කඩා ගත්තා වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like breaking the nose being angry with the face
English equivalent: Cut off one's nose to spite one's face
Meaning: to carry out a vengeful action that hurts oneself more than another
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිනි ගණන් ගෙවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Paying fire prices
English equivalent: Pay through the nose
Meaning: to pay too much money for something
Sinhala figure of speech: එකකුට එකෙක් දෙවැනි නෑ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][නිශේධ]
Literal translation: One is not second to the other
English equivalent: Nothing to choose between them
Meaning: When there is little to choose between two or more things, they are (all) very similar
Sinhala figure of speech: හිටි හැටියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: As it stood/stayed
English equivalent: At short notice
Meaning: with notification only a little in advance
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔන්න ඉතින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: There so
English equivalent: Now, then!
Meaning: said to attract attention to what you are going to ask or suggest
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉතින්, ඇති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: So, enough
English equivalent: Come, now
Meaning: express mild disapproval, disbelief, impatience, or skepticism, and to encourage someone to be reasonable or sensible
Sinhala figure of speech: මේ දැන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: This now
English equivalent: Just now
Meaning: a very short time ago
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉඳ හිට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stay stand
English equivalent: Now and then
Meaning: occasionally
Sinhala figure of speech: ගණන් නැති 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: No count
English equivalent: Without number
Meaning: too numerous to be counted
Sinhala figure of speech: ඹළුව නරක් වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Head has spoiled
English equivalent: Off one's nut
Meaning: foolish, silly, or irrational
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇඟිලි ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting fingers
English equivalent: Put in one's oar
Meaning: to meddle
Sinhala figure of speech: ගැටවරකම් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing adolescent acts
English equivalent: Sow one's wild oats
Meaning: to be promiscuous or dissolute in one's youth before settling down
Sinhala figure of speech: වැඩි බර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: More weight
English equivalent: The odds
Meaning: the probability (= how likely it is) that a particular thing will or will not happen
Sinhala figure of speech: සුන් බුන් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dust and debris
English equivalent: Odds and ends
Meaning: miscellaneous items or articles
Sinhala figure of speech: අගහිඟකම් ඇති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having shortages/needs
English equivalent: Badly off
Meaning: impoverished
Sinhala figure of speech: ආවට ගියාට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: For coming and going
English equivalent: Off-hand
Meaning: ungraciously or offensively nonchalant or cool in manner.
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉඳුල්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Leftovers (mouth-touched)
English equivalent: Off-scourings
Meaning: dregs
Sinhala figure of speech: කුණු කන්දල්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Trash and junk
English equivalent: Off-scourings
Meaning: dregs
Sinhala figure of speech: කොස්ස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Broom
English equivalent: Fly in the ointment
Meaning: a slight flaw that detracts from value, completeness, or enjoyment
Sinhala figure of speech: ආච්චි මුත්තා කාලේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Grandma Grandpa time
English equivalent: Old as the hills
Meaning: very old, and perhaps old-fashioned or very traditional
Sinhala figure of speech: නිමාවටම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the very finish
English equivalent: Once and for all
Meaning: for the last time
Sinhala figure of speech: කලාතුරකින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In a rare time
English equivalent: Once in a blue moon
Meaning: very rarely
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉඳලාමත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Even having stayed
English equivalent: Once in a way
Meaning:  something happens occasionally
Sinhala figure of speech: මන්තරය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The mantra/spell
English equivalent: Open sesame
Meaning:  a very successful means of achieving a result
Sinhala figure of speech: කියන දේ අහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Listening to what is said
English equivalent: Take orders from
Meaning: to receive and follow their directions or commands
Sinhala figure of speech: පල්ම පල්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stale of stale
English equivalent: Out and out
Meaning: thoroughgoing
Sinhala figure of speech: බාගෙට පණ ගිහින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Half life gone
English equivalent: Out of breath
Meaning: gasping for air after exertion
Sinhala figure of speech: අතේ මිටේ මුකුත් නැතුව
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][විධාන]
Literal translation: Without anything in hand or fist
English equivalent: Out of pocket
Meaning: having a financial loss
Sinhala figure of speech: අතින් කෑම 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eating from hand
English equivalent: Out of pocket
Meaning: having a financial loss
Sinhala figure of speech: ගන්ට නැහැ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not to take
English equivalent: Out of print
Meaning: no longer being sold by the publisher
Sinhala figure of speech: අහලා වැඩක් නෑ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: No work asking
English equivalent: Out of the question
Meaning: beyond consideration
Sinhala figure of speech: හුරු නැති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not used to
English equivalent: Out of training
Meaning: physically unfit
Sinhala figure of speech: කටු අකුලෙන් මිදී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Escaping the thorn bush
English equivalent: Out of the wood
Meaning: clear of or safe from dangers or doubts
Sinhala figure of speech: එගොඩ වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having become the other bank
English equivalent: Out of the wood
Meaning: clear of or safe from dangers or doubts
Sinhala figure of speech: වැඩියත් එක්ක
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With the extra
English equivalent: Overshoot the mark
Meaning: to do something to a greater extent than is necessary or desirable
Sinhala figure of speech: බැරි පුළුවන්කම් බලනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Looking at can and cannot
English equivalent: Put through one's paces
Meaning: to cause someone to demonstrate his or her ability or to show her or his skill
Sinhala figure of speech: කරත්තෙට බැන්ද ගොනා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bull tied to the cart
English equivalent: Pack-horse
Meaning: a horse used to transport goods, equipment, etc
Sinhala figure of speech: කොට්ට පොල් පටවා වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like loading logs and coconuts
English equivalent: Packed like sardines
Meaning: sitting or standing so close together that they cannot move easily.
Sinhala figure of speech: පගාවක් දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving a bribe
English equivalent: Oil the palm
Meaning: To bribe one
Sinhala figure of speech: ගොක් අතු ඉරිදා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Young coconut leaf Sunday
English equivalent: Palm-Sunday
Meaning: the Sunday before Easter celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Sinhala figure of speech: සමාජ විජ්ජා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Social sciences/magic
English equivalent: Parlour tricks
Meaning: a usually simple trick or demonstration that is used especially to entertain or amuse guests
Sinhala figure of speech: නැටුම් ගැයුම් ආදිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dancing singing etc.
English equivalent: Parlour tricks
Meaning: a usually simple trick or demonstration that is used especially to entertain or amuse guests
Sinhala figure of speech: බොරුවක් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing a lie
English equivalent: Play a part
Meaning: to pretend to be what one is not
Sinhala figure of speech: බාගෙට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the half
English equivalent: In part
Meaning: to some degree
Sinhala figure of speech: බැරි තැන දෙන පහර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Blow given at the unable place
English equivalent: A parthian shot
Meaning: any hostile gesture or remark made in leaving
Sinhala figure of speech: අදිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Pulling
English equivalent: Be partial to
Meaning: having a liking for
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි ජරමරයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A real mess
English equivalent: A pretty pass
Meaning: a bad situation
Sinhala figure of speech: මුර වචනය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Guard word
English equivalent: Password
Meaning: a secret word or combination of letters or numbers, used for communicating with another person or with a computer to prove who you are
Sinhala figure of speech: ගජේට පොහොසත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Rich to the elephant
English equivalent: Passing rich
Meaning: the state of having abundant wealth, property, and money, often implying more than enough to satisfy normal needs or desires
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි යකා නැටුමක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A real devil dance
English equivalent: The devil to pay
Meaning: problems or trouble to be faced as a consequence of an action
Sinhala figure of speech: පැදකුණු කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Circumambulating (clockwise)
English equivalent: Pay court to
Meaning: to court, as for favor or love
Sinhala figure of speech: ආ වඩනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Increasing age/life
English equivalent: Pay court to
Meaning: to court, as for favor or love
Sinhala figure of speech: එකට එක කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing one to one
English equivalent: Pay him in his own coin
Meaning: To retaliate or treat someone with the same kind of negative behavior, injury, or treatment that they have inflicted on you
Sinhala figure of speech: බෙදාපු හැන්දෙන්ම බෙදනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Serving with the served spoon
English equivalent: Pay him in his own coin
Meaning: To retaliate or treat someone with the same kind of negative behavior, injury, or treatment that they have inflicted on you
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිනි ගණන් ගෙවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Paying fire prices
English equivalent: Pay through the nose
Meaning: to pay an exorbitant price
Sinhala figure of speech: සාමය රකිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Protecting peace
English equivalent: Keep the peace
Meaning: to maintain or refrain from disturbing law and order
Sinhala figure of speech: කීයට හරි සාමය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Peace at whatever (price)
English equivalent: Peace at any price
Meaning: Achieving peace regardless of the cost, whether it's sacrificing principles, giving up advantages, or enduring an oppressive situation to avoid conflic
Sinhala figure of speech: පිහාටු ගළවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Plucking feathers
English equivalent: Take one down a peg or two
Meaning: to make someone who is behaving in an arrogant and unpleasant way realize that they are not as important or talented as they think
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩියක් ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting a foot/step
English equivalent: Have a peg
Meaning: consume a beverage, often alcoholic
Sinhala figure of speech: හේත්තු වෙන්ට වැටක්
Type: [පුද්ගලික]
Literal translation: A fence to lean on
English equivalent: A peg to hang on.
Meaning: a way of introducing or drawing attention to your ideas or opinions
Sinhala figure of speech: ගොනා පිට හකුරු පටවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Loading jaggery on a bull
English equivalent: Cast pearls before swine
Meaning: To present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it
Sinhala figure of speech: පිංගුත්තරයාට ශ්‍රීයා කාන්තාව භාර දුන්නා වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like handing Goddess Fortune to a wretch
English equivalent: Round peg in a square hole or Square peg in a round hole
Meaning: a person in a position, situation, etc. for which he or she is unsuited or unqualified
Sinhala figure of speech: ලටපට සඟරා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Junk/Odds-and-ends magazine
English equivalent: Penny-dreadfuls
Meaning: a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine
Sinhala figure of speech: වත්ත බද්දට දී ඇස්සට නියවීම
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Leasing the estate and ordering the nut-hole
English equivalent: Penny wise and pound foolish
Meaning: careful or thrifty in small matters but careless or wasteful in major ones
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳ සල්ලියක් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Good money
English equivalent: A pretty penny
Meaning: a considerable sum of money
Sinhala figure of speech: දහඩිය මහන්සියෙන් සම්භ කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Earning with sweat and fatigue
English equivalent: Earn an honest penny
Meaning: to earn money through legitimate, fair, and morally upright work
Sinhala figure of speech: හබයක් තියෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A dispute exists
English equivalent: Have a bone to pick with
Meaning: to have cause to disagree or argue with someone
Sinhala figure of speech: සුන්බුන් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making debris
English equivalent: Pick to pieces
Meaning: to find flaws in by examining critically
Sinhala figure of speech: ගැට කපන්නා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Knot cutter
English equivalent: Pick-pocket
Meaning: a person who steals from people's pockets.
Sinhala figure of speech: එකට කැපෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cutting together
English equivalent: All of a piece
Meaning: with each part or aspect consistent with the rest
Sinhala figure of speech: බඩපුරා බැණුමක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A stomach-full scolding
English equivalent: A piece of one's mind
Meaning: to criticize or censure (someone) frankly or vehemently
Sinhala figure of speech: හැබිස්ස හැබිස්ස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The tiny bit
English equivalent: Piece-meal
Meaning:  bit by bit
Sinhala figure of speech: නැති නාස්ති වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming lost and wasted
English equivalent: Go to pieces
Meaning: to lose control of oneself
Sinhala figure of speech: නැත්තටම නැති වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming lost to the nothingness
English equivalent: Go to pieces
Meaning: to lose control of oneself
Sinhala figure of speech: මුට්ටු කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Joining/Abutting
English equivalent: Piece out
Meaning: to extend by adding pieces
Sinhala figure of speech: තිත්ත කදුරු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bitter Kaduru fruit
English equivalent: A bitter pill
Meaning: an unpleasant reality or experience that is difficult to accept or come to terms with
Sinhala figure of speech: ගුලිය ගිලිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Swallowing the pill/ball
English equivalent: Swallow the pill
Meaning: to accept a difficult, unpleasant, or disappointing truth, situation, or consequence, even though you don't want to
Sinhala figure of speech: තැනින් තැනට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From place to place
English equivalent: From pillar to post
Meaning: from one place to another
Sinhala figure of speech: පිළෙන් පිළට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From verandah to verandah
English equivalent: From pillar to post
Meaning: from one place to another
Sinhala figure of speech: දොරෙන් දොරට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From door to door
English equivalent: From pillar to post
Meaning: from one place to another
Sinhala figure of speech: තුට්ටුවක් නොසලකනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not caring a cent (Thuttu)
English equivalent: Not care a pin
Meaning: to feel no concern or interest in something, often used to emphasize a complete lack of importance or significance attributed to it
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉඳිකටු ඇනෙනවා වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like needles pricking
English equivalent: Pins and needles
Meaning: in a state of nervous anticipation, anxiety, or suspense, especially while waiting for something to happen or to be revealed
Sinhala figure of speech: අමාරුවකදී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In a difficulty
English equivalent: At a pinch
Meaning: if absolutely necessary
Sinhala figure of speech: හරිම ඉස්තරම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Very top quality
English equivalent: Pink of perfection
Meaning: the very highest state of perfection, excellence, or condition
Sinhala figure of speech: සුදෝ සුදු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: White of white
English equivalent: Pink of perfection
Meaning: the very highest state of perfection, excellence, or condition
Sinhala figure of speech: උණු උණුවේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the hot hot
English equivalent: Piping hot
Meaning: very hot
Sinhala figure of speech: පොර කොටවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making fighters fight
English equivalent: Pit against
Meaning: to place two people, groups, or things in a position of direct competition or conflict, often to test their strength, ability, or intelligence against each other
Sinhala figure of speech: බොරු වළ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Lie pit
English equivalent: Pit-fall
Meaning: a likely mistake or problem in a situation
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිල දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Swallowing down
English equivalent: Pitch into
Meaning: to criticize or attack someone or something forcefully
Sinhala figure of speech: කට්ට කළුවර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Solid/Pitch darkness
English equivalent: Pitch darknèss
Meaning: extreme darkness
Sinhala figure of speech: සක් සුදක් සේ පැහැදිලි 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Clear like a conch shell's whiteness
English equivalent: Plain as a pike staff
Meaning: Easy to understand
Sinhala figure of speech: කජ්ජක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A kernel/nut
English equivalent: Child's play
Meaning: a task which is easily accomplished
Sinhala figure of speech: කජු කනවා වගේ වැඩක් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A work like eating cashews
English equivalent: Child's play
Meaning: a task which is easily accomplished
Sinhala figure of speech: යකා නටනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Devil dancing
English equivalent: Play the devil
Meaning: Upset, ruin, make a mess of
Sinhala figure of speech: ගින්දරත් එක්ක සෙල්ලම් කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Playing with fire
English equivalent: Play with edged tools
Meaning: to deal carelessly with dangerous matters, often resulting in injury, whether physical or metaphorica
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙළි බඩුවක් සේ සලකනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Treating like a play-toy
English equivalent: Play fast and loose
Meaning: to treat something or someone without enough care
Sinhala figure of speech: අතට අහුවෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Getting caught to the hand
English equivalent: Play into the hands of
Meaning: to unintentionally do exactly what an enemy or someone opposing you wants, or what is useful for them
Sinhala figure of speech: පොර කොටවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making fighters fight
English equivalent: Play off
Meaning: bring two people into conflict or competition for one's own advantage
Sinhala figure of speech: ගැතිකම් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing servant work
English equivalent: Play second fiddle
Meaning: have a subordinate role to someone or something
Sinhala figure of speech: අතවැසි කම් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing assistant/apprentice work
English equivalent: Play second fiddle
Meaning: have a subordinate role to someone or something
Sinhala figure of speech: කැළෑ පනිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Jumping (to) the jungle
English equivalent: Play truant
Meaning: to be regularly absent from school without permission
Sinhala figure of speech: කට්ටි පනිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Jumping blocks/cuts
English equivalent: Play truant
Meaning: to be regularly absent from school without permission
Sinhala figure of speech: රුකුල් දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving support/props
English equivalent: Play up
Meaning: to emphasize a particular quality or part of something, or make it seem more important than it really is, usually for your own advantage
Sinhala figure of speech: තුන් තේරවිලි කියනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saying three-riddles
English equivalent: Play upon words
Meaning: a humorous use of a word with more than one meaning or that sounds like another word
Sinhala figure of speech: කෝලම් නටනවා  
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dancing Kolam (masks)
English equivalent: Play the fool
Meaning: to behave in a silly way, often intentionally to make people laugh
Sinhala figure of speech: අල කොළ මියන කොළ වාගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like Yam leaves and Miyana leaves
English equivalent: Plentiful as black-berries
Meaning: very abundant, numerous, or readily available
Sinhala figure of speech: මඩිනු වැන්න වැලි මලු ලමිනි තෙලි යත
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like squeezing sand bags expecting oil
English equivalent: Plough the sand
Meaning: To spend time and effort on a useless or futile endeavor, achieving no worthwhile result
Sinhala figure of speech: දිඹුල මල නිසා වෙහෙසෙනු වැනි දියැද
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like exhausting oneself for the Dimbula flower
English equivalent: Plough the sand
Meaning: To spend time and effort on a useless or futile endeavor, achieving no worthwhile result
Sinhala figure of speech: හිස උදුම්මාගන සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying with a swollen head
English equivalent: Plume oneself upon
Meaning: to take a feeling of complacent self-satisfaction or pride in oneself or one's achievements, often in an unjustifiable or boastful way
Sinhala figure of speech: පිරුවට ගත් වස්ත්‍ර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cloths taken for rent/cleaning
English equivalent: Borrowed plumes
Meaning: claiming honor, credit, or distinction that rightfully belongs to someone else, or a showy display that is not truly one's own
Sinhala figure of speech: අනුන්ගේ රන් රන් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Others' gold is gold
English equivalent: Borrowed plumes
Meaning: claiming honor, credit, or distinction that rightfully belongs to someone else, or a showy display that is not truly one's own
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොකුකම පැත්තකින් තියනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Putting bigness aside
English equivalent: Pocket one's pride
Meaning: to suppress one's ego, embarrassment, or shame in order to do something unpleasant or humiliating, often to achieve a greater goal or gain an advantage
Sinhala figure of speech: වාසියක් ලැබෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Receiving a profit/advantage
English equivalent: To be in pocket
Meaning: having more money than you started with after an activity involving money
Sinhala figure of speech: අතෙන් පාඩුයි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Loss from the hand
English equivalent: To be out of pocket
Meaning: having lost money in a transaction
Sinhala figure of speech: යමකුගේ අත් අඩංගුවේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In someone's hand-custody
English equivalent: To be in someone's pocket
Meaning: under someone's control or influence
Sinhala figure of speech: සාක්කුවේ වැටිලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Fallen in the pocket
English equivalent: To be in someone's pocket
Meaning: under someone's control or influence
Sinhala figure of speech: පාඩමක් උගන් වනවා හෝ වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Teaching or becoming a lesson
English equivalent: Point a moral
Meaning: to draw a lesson or principle of right and wrong from a story, event, or experience
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉඩ දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving space
English equivalent: Stretch a point
Meaning: Extend or enlarge beyond the usual limits, exaggerate
Sinhala figure of speech: අග්‍ර ප්‍රාප්තිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Reaching the top/pinnacle
English equivalent: Culminating point
Meaning: the highest, final, or most crucial moment in a process, event, or series of efforts, representing the peak or decisive stage
Sinhala figure of speech: කනස්සල්ලට කාරණයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A reason for worry
English equivalent: A sore point
Meaning: a subject that someone prefers not to talk about because it makes them angry or embarrassed
Sinhala figure of speech: කඩුවක් දික්කර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Extending a sword
English equivalent: At the point of the sword
Meaning: to be in a state of bitter disagreement, hostility, or mutual antagonism
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇගිලි ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting fingers
English equivalent: Poke one's nose into
Meaning: to try to discover things that are not really related to you
Sinhala figure of speech:  පොල් පරාලයක් ගිලලා වාගේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like swallowed a coconut rafter
English equivalent: As stiff as a poker
Meaning: extremely stiff
Sinhala figure of speech:  රටක් රටක් පාසා  
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Country to country
English equivalent: From pole to pole
Meaning: throughout the entire world
Sinhala figure of speech: අහසට පොළොව සේ ඈත් 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Far like sky to earth
English equivalent: Poles apart
Meaning: have nothing in common
Sinhala figure of speech: ගසා දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting away
English equivalent: Polish off
Meaning: quickly finish or consume something
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිල දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Swallowing down
English equivalent: Polish off
Meaning: quickly finish or consume something
Sinhala figure of speech: මට සිලටු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Smooth/Soft
English equivalent: Polished
Meaning: shiny as a result of being rubbed
Sinhala figure of speech: පොහොසත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Rich
English equivalent: In a position to
Meaning: to be able to do something
Sinhala figure of speech: එතනම මැරිලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Died right there
English equivalent: Left at the post
Meaning: To be unlikely to succeed in a competition from the outset
Sinhala figure of speech: කොන්කර දමා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Put to the corner
English equivalent: Left at the post
Meaning: To be unlikely to succeed in a competition from the outset
Sinhala figure of speech: හැරෙන තැපෑලෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: By the turning post
English equivalent: By return of post
Meaning:  immediately by mail
Sinhala figure of speech: වැදු ගේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Birthing house
English equivalent: Post-natal
Meaning: occurring or being after birth
Sinhala figure of speech: හෙන ගහල යනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Lightning striking goes
English equivalent: Go to pot
Meaning: to be damaged or spoiled because people are not working hard on it or caring for it
Sinhala figure of speech: තමන්ගෙ මල්ල පිටිපස්සෙන්, අනුන්ගෙ මල්ල ඉස්සරහෙන්.
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: One's own bag behind, other's bag in front
English equivalent: The pot calling the kettle black
Meaning: something you say that means people should not criticize someone else for a fault that they have themselves
Sinhala figure of speech: ආවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A defect / A pit
English equivalent: Pot luck
Meaning: a situation in which one must take a chance that whatever is available will prove to be good or acceptable
Sinhala figure of speech: ආවට ගියාට කරන තැනක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A place done for coming and going
English equivalent: Pot shot
Meaning: a shot that is fired carelessly or with little preparation
Sinhala figure of speech: එතොත් එද්දෙන් කියා කරන වැඩක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Work done saying "If it comes, let it come"
English equivalent: Pot shot
Meaning: a shot that is fired carelessly or with little preparation
Sinhala figure of speech: දඩි බිඩි ගාගන වැඩ කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Working making "Dadi bidi" sound
English equivalent: Pound away
Meaning: to criticize something or try to get someone to do something
Sinhala figure of speech: බිල්ල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sacrifice/Offering
English equivalent: The pound of flesh
Meaning: something that you have the right to receive but is unreasonable to demand from someone
Sinhala figure of speech: අනේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Oh / Alas
English equivalent: I pray
Meaning: used as a preface to polite requests or instructions
Sinhala figure of speech: බැරි තැනට ඇවිත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Come to the unable place
English equivalent: Past praying for
Meaning: something is beyond help or repair, even divine intervention
Sinhala figure of speech: ස්ථානෝචිත ප්‍රඥාව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Place-appropriate wisdom
English equivalent: Presence of mind
Meaning: the ability to remain calm and take quick, sensible action
Sinhala figure of speech: ආස්ථාන මණඩපය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Assembly hall
English equivalent: Presence Chamber
Meaning: a room, especially one in a palace, in which a monarch or other distinguished person receives visitors
Sinhala figure of speech: යස කැඳ හැළියක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A fine porridge pot
English equivalent: A pretty pass
Meaning: reach a bad or regrettable state of affairs
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි සටනක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A real fight
English equivalent: A pretty time of it
Meaning: experiencing a very good or enjoyable time
Sinhala figure of speech:  කන් යොමා සවන් දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Directing ears and listening
English equivalent: Prick up one's ears
Meaning: Listen carefully, pay close attention
Sinhala figure of speech: අගය ඉහළ නැගල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Value climbed up
English equivalent: At a premium
Meaning: to be not common and therefore valuable
Sinhala figure of speech: මුසුණු ඇඹුල් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making face sour
English equivalent: Pull faces
Meaning: produce a facial expression that shows dislike or some other negative emotion, or that is intended to be amusing
Sinhala figure of speech: සිතා මතා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having thought and intended
English equivalent: On purpose
Meaning: do it intentionally, not by accident
Sinhala figure of speech: වැඩක් නැතිව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without work
English equivalent: To small purpose
Meaning: without significant result, effect, or value, making an action or effort essentially pointless or futile
Sinhala figure of speech: අගහිගකම
Type: [පුද්ගලික]
Literal translation: Lack-scarcity
English equivalent: Light purse
Meaning: having little or no money, indicating poverty or a lack of resources
Sinhala figure of speech: දුප්පත්කමත් වලිගේ නැති ගොනා වගෙයි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Poverty is like a bull without a tail
English equivalent: Light purse
Meaning: having little or no money, indicating poverty or a lack of resources
Sinhala figure of speech: පුම්බනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Inflating
English equivalent: Put on
Meaning: affected manner or behaviour
Sinhala figure of speech: මග අරිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Leaving the way
English equivalent: Put off
Meaning: cause someone to lose interest or enthusiasm
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉඳුම් හිටුම් දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving sitting and standing
English equivalent: Put up
Meaning: construct or erect something
Sinhala figure of speech: දස දෙස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Ten directions
English equivalent: In every quarter
Meaning: something occurs four times a year, at three-month intervals
Sinhala figure of speech: පැල් පදියන් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming hut-foundation
English equivalent: Quarter oneself upon
Meaning: To impose on someone for lodging, food, or support
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොකුකම් දක්වනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing bigness
English equivalent: Coming the quarter-deck
Meaning: To put on airs of authority, to behave pompously, to act as if one is in command
Sinhala figure of speech: බංකොලොත් තත්ත්වයේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In bankrupt state
English equivalent: In Queer Street
Meaning: being in serious trouble, particularly financial difficulty, debt, or a very precarious situation
Sinhala figure of speech: පුදුම සතෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Surprising animal
English equivalent: Queer card
Meaning: A strange, odd, or eccentric person
Sinhala figure of speech: ආයිත් අහන්ට දෙයක් නැහැ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Nothing to ask again
English equivalent: Beyond all question
Meaning: Without any doubt
Sinhala figure of speech: වද වේදනාවෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With torture and pain
English equivalent: On the rack
Meaning: suffering intense distress or strain
Sinhala figure of speech: පණ භයෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With life fear
English equivalent: On the rack
Meaning: suffering intense distress or strain
Sinhala figure of speech: ජරා ජජ්ජර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Decayed and dilapidated
English equivalent: Rack and ruin
Meaning: a state of decay
Sinhala figure of speech: විය හියදම් බලාගනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Looking after expenses
English equivalent: Face the racket
Meaning: to endure an unpleasant situation, difficulty, or a costly burden
Sinhala figure of speech: සුදියේ යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going in the "Sudi" (party)
English equivalent: Be on the racket
Meaning: to be involved in a dishonest or illegal activity
Sinhala figure of speech: රස්තියාදු කාරයෝ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Loiterers
English equivalent: Rag-tag and bob-tail 
Meaning: all types of person or thing, including those that are ordinary and not special in any way
Sinhala figure of speech: එනකොට එන්නේ වැල දිගටම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: When coming, comes along the vine length
English equivalent: It never rains but it pours
Meaning: several unfortunate events often happen at the same time
Sinhala figure of speech: මොර සුරන හෝ නාකපන වැස්සක් වහිනවා.
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shark-scraping or Nail-cutting rain
English equivalent: Rain cats and dogs
Meaning: rain very hard
Sinhala figure of speech: මුහුණ බුකවා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making the face sulk
English equivalent: Raise one's back
Meaning:  to become angry or annoyed and defensive
Sinhala figure of speech: අතීතය හාරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Digging the past
English equivalent: Rake up
Meaning: to talk again about a past event or experience that should be forgotten
Sinhala figure of speech: අවුස්සනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stirring up
English equivalent: Rake up
Meaning: to talk again about a past event or experience that should be forgotten
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇදල ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Pulling and taking
English equivalent: Rake up
Meaning: to talk again about a past event or experience that should be forgotten
Sinhala figure of speech: තෝං
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Unclear alone (Likely Thon Lanu)
English equivalent: Rake-off
Meaning: a dishonest or illegal share in profits that is given to someone who has been involved in making the profits
Sinhala figure of speech: ආ හැටියට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the way it came
English equivalent: At random
Meaning: by chance, or without being chosen intentionally
Sinhala figure of speech: ආවට ගියාට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: For coming and going
English equivalent: At random
Meaning: by chance, or without being chosen intentionally
Sinhala figure of speech: වනා තබන වෙඩිල්ල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shot fired to the wild
English equivalent: Random shot
Meaning: An action, remark, or attempt made without careful planning or targeting, essentially a guess
Sinhala figure of speech: කණ බල්ලන් ගැහිල්ල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting of blind dogs
English equivalent: Random shot
Meaning: An action, remark, or attempt made without careful planning or targeting, essentially a guess
Sinhala figure of speech: කුලීනයා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The high-caste one
English equivalent: Person of rank
Meaning: an individual holding a high social or official position
Sinhala figure of speech: තුට්ටුවක් වටින්නේ නැති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not worth a Thuttu (cent)
English equivalent: Not worth a rap
Meaning: something is completely worthless, valueless, or unimportant
Sinhala figure of speech: තුට්ටුවකට යණන් ගන්නේ නෑ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Does not take for a Thuttu price
English equivalent: Don't care a rap
Meaning: to not care at all or to have no interest in something
Sinhala figure of speech: ටොක්කක්
Type: [පුද්ගලික]
Literal translation: A knock
English equivalent: Rap on the knuckles
Meaning: a reprimand
Sinhala figure of speech: කොහොම වුවත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: However it became
English equivalent: At any rate
Meaning: whatever happens or may have happened
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩු වශයෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: By less amount
English equivalent: At any rate
Meaning:  whatever happens or may have happened
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔය විධියට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In that style/way
English equivalent: At that rate
Meaning: whatever happens or may have happened
Sinhala figure of speech: කියන්ට වුවමනා නැත
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: No need to say
English equivalent: Stand to reason
Meaning: it is obvious or logical.
Sinhala figure of speech: කිසි වගක් තුගක් නැතුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without any info or root
English equivalent: Without rhyme or reason
Meaning: to be without any obvious reasonable explanation
Sinhala figure of speech: මිනිහා කවූද නොදැන ක්‍රියා කරනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Acting not knowing who the man is
English equivalent: Reckon without one's host
Meaning: to fail to consider the person or thing that is essential to a calculation or plan
Sinhala figure of speech: හිත හදාගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making the mind
English equivalent: Reconcile oneself
Meaning: to accept a situation or fact although you do not like it
Sinhala figure of speech: වාර්තාවක් පිහිටු වනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Establishing a record
English equivalent: Establish a record
Meaning: to create a permanent, reliable account of an event or activity
Sinhala figure of speech: වාර්තාවක් බිඳිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Breaking a record
English equivalent: Break a record
Meaning: to surpass a previously established best achievement
Sinhala figure of speech: දොයිතුවක
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Of a "Doithuwa" (small coin)
English equivalent: A red cent
Meaning: an amount of money so small that it's basically worthless
Sinhala figure of speech: තඹ සල්ලියක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A copper coin
English equivalent: A red cent
Meaning: an amount of money so small that it's basically worthless
Sinhala figure of speech: බඩුත් එක
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With the goods
English equivalent: Red-handed
Meaning: in the act of committing a crime or misdeed
Sinhala figure of speech: බොරු ඉවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: False scent/instinct
English equivalent: Red herring
Meaning: a clue or piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting
Sinhala figure of speech: අතුරු කථාවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Side story
English equivalent: Red herring
Meaning: a clue or piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting
Sinhala figure of speech: මල්ලෙ පොල් කථාවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bag-coconut story
English equivalent: Red herring
Meaning: a clue or piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting
Sinhala figure of speech: නරියා කුකුළා කැළේ සඟවා පොල්ලෙල්ල බැහැගෙන දුවනවාලු
Type: [විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: The fox hid the chicken and runs biting the husk
English equivalent: *Red herring
Sinhala figure of speech: නයාට අඳු කොළ වගෙයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like Andu leaves to the Cobra
English equivalent: Like a red rag to a bull
Meaning: an object, utterance, or act that is certain to provoke someone
Sinhala figure of speech: ජුවල් නගිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Temper rising
English equivalent: See red
Meaning: become very angry suddenly
Sinhala figure of speech: දිරච්ච අත්තක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A rotten branch
English equivalent: A broken reed
Meaning: something or someone that fails when relied on for support or help
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉස්සෙල්ලා අහල බැලීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Asking and looking first
English equivalent: The first refusal
Meaning: the privilege of deciding whether to accept or reject something before it is offered to others
Sinhala figure of speech: කරුණා ශුභාශිංසන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Kindness and good wishes
English equivalent: Kind regards
Meaning: expressing good wishes and professionalism to the recipient
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔරලෝසුව වැදෙන්නා වාගේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like the clock striking
English equivalent: Regular as clockwork
Meaning: never late or always at the same time
Sinhala figure of speech: හූ මිටි තියන්නා වාගේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like stacking sheaves of "Hoo" (shouts)
English equivalent: Regular as clockwork
Meaning: never late or always at the same time
Sinhala figure of speech: කැපී පෙනෙන
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Appearing cut
English equivalent: In relief
Meaning: carved or molded so as to project from a surface
Sinhala figure of speech: මේ වගට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To this fact/information
English equivalent: I remain
Meaning: to stay in the same place or in the same condition
Sinhala figure of speech: මෘත කලේ බරය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The weight of the dead body
English equivalent: The remains
Meaning: pieces or parts of something that continue to exist when most of it has been used, destroyed, or taken away
Sinhala figure of speech: සත්‍යග්‍රහය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Grasping the truth
English equivalent: Passive resistance
Meaning: the act of showing in a peaceful way that you oppose something, rather than using violence
Sinhala figure of speech: බැසැ දකිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Getting down and seeing
English equivalent: To pay one's respects to
Meaning: To visit someone, a grave, or a solemn place to express respect, gratitude, or sympath